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Cadwalader Suing Lloyd's Over Cyberattack Coverage Denial
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has filed suit against insurer Lloyd's of London in North Carolina state court, alleging the company has failed to reimburse the law firm for expenses related to a November 2022 data breach.
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How Being A Female Litigator May Aid Harris' Presidential Bid
Female litigators regularly confront implicit biases and double standards when it comes to "their appearance, voice, attire, demeanor and their advocacy," according to the author of an American Bar Foundation research report on first chair trial lawyers.
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Wait For Depositions May Delay Cognizant Bribe Trial Again
Trial in a five-year-old case alleging two former Cognizant executives authorized a bribe to a government official in India could be delayed again after New Jersey federal prosecutors said on Friday that the current Sept. 9 date is too soon to complete necessary depositions in that country.
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Rising Star: Labaton Keller's Brendan W. Sullivan
Brendan W. Sullivan has helped Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP notch big wins in securities cases, including a $1 billion cash settlement from Dell, one of the largest ever in any state-level court, earning him a spot among the securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Courtney Whang
Courtney Whang of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP helped secure a highly favorable plaintiff-side settlement for KKR, one of the world's largest institutional investors, in a securities opt-out class action and is currently preparing for a jury trial representing HPS Investment Partners LLC in multiple actions arising from the bankruptcy of the oil and gas exploration company Alta Mesa Resources Inc., earning her a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Reichman Jorgensen's Jaime Cardenas-Navia
Jaime Cardenas-Navia of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP has worked on major litigation and scored wins for clients against industry giants, including a $525 million verdict against Amazon, earning him a spot among the trial attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Goodwin's Peter Hanoian
Peter G. Hanoian of Goodwin Procter LLP advised Webster Equity Partners on the formation of Retina Consultants of America and its initial financing and acquisition of five specialty practices for about $350 million, earning him a spot among the healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Milbank's Grant A. Bermann
Grant A. Bermann of Milbank LLP worked on the U.S. Department of Justice's successful challenge to a major joint venture between American Airlines and JetBlue, carving out a spot as one of the competition attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Fisher Phillips Adds 2 Partners To Its Nashville Office
Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips has hired for its Nashville office a former in-house attorney for Peabody Energy and a lawyer who most recently held a public sector post in Tennessee.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
A shakeup in the presidential race kicked off another busy week for the legal industry as two BigLaw firms named leaders. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Martha Goodman
Martha Goodman of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has advised on high-profile antitrust matters for major tech clients, including defending Google in the U.S. Department of Justice's landmark upcoming antitrust trial over advertising technology, earning her a spot among the technology lawyers under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Kirkland's Devin Anderson
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Devin Anderson led a former high school football coach to victory at the U.S. Supreme Court after he was not rehired by the district, which took issue with his practice of praying publicly on the field after games, earning him a spot among appellate attorneys under age 40 honored as Law360 as Rising Stars.
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'Textbook Failure' Enabled CFO's Theft From McElroy Deutsch
As the criminal case against McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLC's former chief financial officer reaches sentencing, fraud experts and legal leaders tell Law360 Pulse that his misconduct signals a lack of internal controls at the firm.
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Class Of 2023 Shatters Records In Legal Employment, Salaries
The class of 2023 set new records for the overall employment rate, employment in jobs that require or anticipate bar passage, and median and average salaries. In addition, private practice employment has hit the highest level in more than 30 years, per data released Thursday by the National Association for Law Placement Inc.
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Bracewell Hires 11 Norton Rose Energy Attys In Paris Launch
Bracewell LLP said Thursday it has opened a new office in Paris with the hiring of an 11-lawyer team of energy and infrastructure specialists from Norton Rose Fulbright in a move to develop its legal services in France and in French-speaking countries in Africa.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Some major U.S. firms, including Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Polsinelli PC, will have a busy 2025 as they set plans in motion this month to move their regional offices next year.
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Proskauer Adds Milbank Real Estate Atty In NY
Proskauer Rose LLP has hired a special counsel from Milbank LLP who joins the firm after six years with his prior platform to continue his practice focused on private equity investors and other clients involved in real estate and private fund matters, the firm announced Thursday.
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Cooley Adds 1st Chief Innovation Officer From Wilson Sonsini
Cooley LLP announced Thursday that it expects to have its first-ever chief innovation officer in late August, hiring a Palo Alto attorney who held that same role at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC.
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Foley Hoag Hit With Overtime Wage Suit By NY Support Tech
A former support technician at Foley Hoag LLP accused the firm of "egregious violations of wage and hour laws" in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court.
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Longtime GrayRobinson Atty Joins Lewis Brisbois In Tampa
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced that a longtime GrayRobinson PA attorney who founded and chaired the firm's banking practice joined its Tampa, Florida, office as a partner.
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How Law Firms Balance Internal E-Discovery And Outsourcing
As law firms try to find the right fit between outsourcing some e-discovery services and having dedicated internal e-discovery teams, a group of panelists from top firms are focused on providing value and evaluating the next generation of e-discovery tools.
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Higher Education Atty Rejoins Saul Ewing In Its Del. Office
Saul Ewing LLP announced Thursday that it has welcomed back an attorney with two decades of litigation and in-house experience, including more than a decade at the University of Delaware.
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Rising Star: Tycko & Zavareei's Annick M. Persinger
Annick M. Persinger of Tycko & Zavareei LLP has served as lead class counsel for a $22.5 million deal with StubHub over hidden ticket fees, a $38 million settlement with Rodan & Fields, a multimillion-dollar settlement with insurance companies over allegations that they failed to pay people the full value of their totaled vehicles, and other high-profile consumer class actions, earning her a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Cooley's Matt Smith
Matt Smith of Cooley LLP advised Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as it raised $7.2 billion across five funds with differering strategies, including one focusing on companies supporting "American dynamism," earning him a spot among the fund formation attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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Rising Star: Jones Day's Kristina Yost
Kristina Yost of Jones Day has acted as lead counsel for Bloomberg LP in several high-profile Fair Labor Standards Act suits, helped a manufacturing company defeat a suit claiming it failed to pay overtime and worked to resolve an age discrimination case against IBM, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.